Perhaps the most universal approach to Kinsey, and certainly
one of the most widely quoted, was Lionel Trilling's critical
and interpretative review of the Male volume. Originally published in Partisan Review, it has been included in a volume of
his essays -- The Liberal Imagination -- published by the Viking
Press, and this volume, in turn, has been reprinted in a paper-
covered volume by Anchor Books. In addition, Trilling on
Kinsey has been published in the Bulletin of the Menninger
Clinic.

Professor Trillingconsiders Kinsey as a cultural phenomenon -- the tremendous response by the general public to what
is really a scientific treatise, a response the like of which the
world has hardly ever seen. This article serves a double function. It serves as a commentary to the Male volume, and as an
advantageous point of departure for considering the Female
book.

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Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.comPublication information:
Book title: An Analysis of the Kinsey Reports on Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Female.
Contributors: Donald Porter Geddes - Editor.
Publisher: New American Library.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 1954.
Page number: 212.

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